Idris Elba ‘Dumped His Second Wife For The Sake Of Career’

The 43-year-old actor – recently split f-rom Naiyana Garth, the mother of his two-year-old son – was married to Sonya Hamlin for just a few weeks before they split up.

She told the Mail On Sunday: “People were telling him he was going to ruin his career. He was being told it was an important part of his image to be a single sex symbol in Hollywood and being married would damage that.

“It was very sad. Idris and I were madly in love, but he was getting a lot of flak for being married. Everyone was like, ‘Dude, you’re the hottest sex symbol! It wasn’t the right look’ – that’s what they were telling him. I wanted to save the marriage.”

Despite the split, Sonya, below – who married Elba, above, in Las Vegas – insisted she would be happy for the actor if he decided to marry again as she just wants the best for him.